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Philpott Lake Fishing Outlook

Officially Philpott Lake (Smith River)

Virginia

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Today's fishing outlook for Philpott Lake is included for everyone. Earn Pro for a 3-day outlook, or Elite for the full 7-day week — including best fishing times and solunar activity windows.

Today's Fishing Outlook

Wednesday, October 28

3/5

Fishing Outlook

Good

Today

A worthwhile fishing day with a usable activity window and generally fishable conditions.

Light wind, low rain chance

Best window

Minor

7:30 PM–8:30 PM

Secondary window

Major

1:55 AM–3:55 AM

Secondary morning window

Fishing Windows Timeline

Local time · activity windows, not hourly scores

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Best windowSecondary window

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Fishing Outlook combines traditional activity periods, sunrise and sunset timing, wind, rain chance, and weather conditions to help compare fishing days and times. It does not predict whether fish will bite.

Sun, Moon & Solunar Details

Solunar Forecast

Philpott Lake · October 28, 2026

Major and minor solunar periods for today.

Solunar Activity

★★★★★

Moderate

Moderate midday solunar period.

Strongest Solunar Period

2:23 PM – 4:23 PM

Major Activity Period

Next Activity

10:14 AM – 11:14 AM

Minor Activity Period

Solunar Activity

QuietPeak
3:23 PM
Moon Underfoot
7:40 AM
Sunrise
10h 47m
Daylight
6:27 PM
Sunset
2:54 AM
Moon Overhead

Pro Tip  The midday major period (2:23 PM–4:23 PM) is driven by the moon directly underfoot at 3:23 PM.

Moon Phase Calendar

Sun

Oct 25

Waxing Gibbous (99%)

99%

Mon

Oct 26

Full Moon (100%)

100%

Tue

Oct 27

Full Moon (97%)

97%

Wed

Oct 28

Waning Gibbous (92%)

92%

Thu

Oct 29

Waning Gibbous (86%)

86%

Fri

Oct 30

Waning Gibbous (77%)

77%

Sat

Oct 31

Waning Gibbous (68%)

68%

Full Moon:Nov 24New Moon:Nov 8

All times are local (EDT) and based on your selected location.

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